
Michael Jayston
Biography
Michael James (born 29 October 1935), known professionally as Michael Jayston, was an English actor. He played Nicholas II of Russia in the film Nicholas and Alexandra (1971). He has also made many television appearances, which have included playing the Valeyard in all fourteen episodes of the Doctor Who serial The Trial of a Time Lord (1986) and appearing in the Only Fools and Horses episode "Time on Our Hands" (1996) as Raquel's father, James.
Filmography

The Power Game
1965 · 10.0

Quiller
1975 · 10.0

King Lear
1975 · 10.0
The Importance of Being Earnest
1974 · 10.0

Detective
1964 · 9.0

Ring Once for Death
1973 · 9.0

Finisterre
2003 · 8.5

Sherlock Holmes
1984 · 8.2

Love's Labour's Lost
1965 · 8.0

A Coffin for the Bride
1974 · 8.0

Doctor Who
1963 · 7.9

Foyle's War
2002 · 7.9

The Darling Buds of May
1991 · 7.9

Follow Me!
1972 · 7.8

The Royal
2003 · 7.8

Doctor Who: Mindwarp
1986 · 7.7

UFO
1970 · 7.7

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
1979 · 7.6

Outside Edge
1994 · 7.6

Remembers…
2022 · 7.5

Press Gang
1989 · 7.5

Murder in Suburbia
2004 · 7.5

Lady Killers
1980 · 7.5

Midsomer Murders
1997 · 7.5

Big Deal
1984 · 7.2

Albert's Memorial
2009 · 7.2

Callan
1967 · 7.2

Heartbeat
1992 · 7.1

ITV Playhouse
1967 · 7.0

ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969 · 7.0

Thriller
1973 · 7.0

BBC2 Play of the Week
1977 · 7.0

Stay Lucky
1989 · 7.0
About Face
1989 · 7.0

Gossip from the Forest
1979 · 7.0

Nicholas and Alexandra
1971 · 7.0

Tales of the Unexpected
1979 · 6.8

Cluedo
1990 · 6.7

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1987 · 6.6

Cromwell
1970 · 6.6

A Midsummer Night's Dream
1968 · 6.6

Bequest to the Nation
1973 · 6.5

Element of Doubt
1996 · 6.5

A Dinner of Herbs
2000 · 6.4

A Bit of a Do
1989 · 6.3

Casualty
1986 · 6.2

The Edwardians
1972 · 6.2

Jane Eyre
1973 · 6.2

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
1972 · 6.2

Doctor Who: The Mysterious Planet
1986 · 6.2

Zulu Dawn
1979 · 6.1

C.A.T.S. Eyes
1985 · 6.0

Armchair Theatre
1956 · 6.0

Macbeth
1970 · 6.0

The Homecoming
1973 · 6.0

The Internecine Project
1974 · 5.9

Holby City
1999 · 5.8

Worlds Beyond
1986 · 5.8

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
1997 · 5.8

Crown Court
1972 · 5.7

Doctor Who: The Ultimate Foe
1986 · 5.7

Tales That Witness Madness
1973 · 5.5

Coronation Street
1960 · 5.3

The Wednesday Play
1964 · 5.2

BBC Play of the Month
1965 · 5.2

Craze
1974 · 5.1

Churchill's People
1974 · 5.0

Dominique
1980 · 4.9

Highlander III: The Sorcerer
1994 · 4.8

Doctor Who: Terror of the Vervoids
1986 · 4.7

From a Far Country
1981 · 4.6

Time for Murder
1985 · 4.0
Haggard
1990 · 4.0

99-1
1994 · 0.0
Happy Ever After
1969 · 0.0
Solo
1970 · 0.0
Biography
1970 · 0.0

The Making of The Trial of a Time Lord
2008 · 0.0

The Hero of My Life
1970 · 0.0

The Man Who Left His Soul on Film
1983 · 0.0

The Doctors: The Colin Baker Years
2019 · 0.0

Competition
1971 · 0.0
Somewhere to Run
1989 · 0.0

From This Day Forward
2019 · 0.0
The Last Romantic
1978 · 0.0
Green Julia
1971 · 0.0